The Wisconsin Idea

Comics

Why Cops Attack Black Teens at Pool Parties

Matt Bors

Labor

Applebee’s Is Trying To Limit Workers’ Ability to Sue the Company When Their Wages Are Stolen

Bruce Vail

Labor

Searching for the New Militant Minority in the American Labor Movement

Charlie Post

Feature

Michigan Is in the Midst of a “Massive Experiment in Unraveling U.S. Democracy”

The austerity-on-steroids measures currently taking place in Michigan may soon be coming to a state near you.

Laura Gottesdiener

Labor

New NY Times Poll Finds Americans Are Pretty Pessimistic About Beating Big Money in Politics

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Culture

The Climate Change-Induced Dystopia of ‘The Water Knife’ Is Not Just Sci-Fi—It’s Already Here

The climate change-induced tragedies The Water Knife chronicles are already happening today; they’re just not happening to us—yet.

Jessica Stites

Viewpoint

Students Protest University of Chicago Budget Cuts, Say Admin Is “Acting Like a Corporation”

The students, some dressed in their graduation gowns, say their school's austerity measures are part of a broader pattern of corporatization in higher education.

Miriam Shestack

Feature

Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Piketty and Other World-Renowned Economists Demand End to Greek Austerity

The economists called their letter a “plea for economic sanity and humanity.”

Martin de Bourmont

Culture

Austerity: The Real Winner of the UK Elections

May’s elections delivered the familiar thud of disappointment.

Jane Miller